The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-08
ANOTHER SEND-OFF
FOR WHEELING nY GOLD snoRT'
Who Tells Of the Advantage. the City aud
State Posscss..w What lIe Has to shy About
tho Nall Understandable Extracts
From This 0bserver's Letter.

Mr.. P. H. Moore ("Oold Shorty the
correspondent Of the St. Lauig dye Of Steel
has in the last issue Of that valuable jour.
nal a long letter full Of good points from
which tho following extracts are made:
The nail trade Is quiet and tho producers
are holding firmly to the late advance.
The opinion 10 being republished that the
iron nail is coming forward again, that
the steel nail docs not FIJI the Gill. The
current did at one time, not worry distant,
aeem to be setting iii that direction, and
friends OF the old iron nail were growing
jubilant, but l think 1t was only the con.
vulsive throes Of ell old power resisting
dethroncment, Tho macs OF consumers,
I learn, are dccidedly partial to tho steel
nail.
Natural gas seoms 10 be gathering
strength In this distiict instead Of loBing,
and tho great prestige Of tho upper Ohio
valley Is In no dsnger. From Pittsburgh
to Wheeling the din Of industrial activity
is growing stronger, and the new links
still needed to make the chain q con-
tinuous connection, are daily being forged
and welded In their places. Nature or.
dained that this district should DO the
great iron, steel and glass producing cen.
ter and workshop, md 10 iul6ll her own
Intentions and perfect her ordinances,
she endowed It with exceptional ad.
vantages, apxiliaries and facilities such az
are poaaeased by no other region on the
globe. Birmingham is undoubtedly well
advantaged, as are other points in the
South, but, compared with the Pittsburgh
and Wheeling diatrict, they arc only as
the planetary satellites are to the sun,
Pittsburgh's position at the very head OF
tho van 10 assured-impregnable, and
Wheeling should and will como second -:
she is now in q good supporting position,
1t will require the exercise Of but very
ordinary strategy to bring her, too, into a
controlling, maaterful position. N
Expanding consumption has augmented
trade requirements, md this compels On.
largement of productive capacities and
the bringing into uso OF oil the available
aud adaptable territory. P%ittubureh's ter.
ritory proper has been pretty well en-
crossed, clear up to and beyond her sub.
urban limits. Available sites are well
nigh out Of the question. Manufacturers
hunting advantageous sites, with ample
space, will find tho choicest eoIec.
tons now at Wheeling, where ali the
benefits, facilities, advantegea, surround.
ings and capabilities sought for at Pitts.
burgh exist in equal supply and with
equal force. There Ia really but little Diff
ference between tho two citiee, the eli.
mate, geographical p%oaition and advant.
ages. geological resources and possibilities.
characteristics, habits and temperament
of.tho population aro all identical except
the m great quality in which Pittsburgh.
ers excel their Wheeling c%oueins, and that
is liberal, m~agnanimous enterprise.
Thwarted, impsded, restricted and de.
ceived by the Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad
Company, Wheeling's progress has bean
temporarily checked. She is outgrowinc
this dwar6ng process, however, and the
day is in sight when manufacturing enter.
prise and commercial independence will
thrive all along the West Virginia terri.
tory, through which this Baltimore & Ohio
railroad passes, and dictate terms to these
Underwater msgnates. The frelh, r and
FREQ mountain brcezes OF West Virginia
were never intended to meet in harmony
with the b;lgy, unpalatable, uurefreshing,
saline vap2rs OF the marshy Chesapeake.
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